Today many refineries are leaving million dollars/year “on the table” from RVP and Octane giveaways because of poor on-line analyzer installation and mis-configured on-line blend optimizers.
This results in a very large property giveaway (octane and vapor pressure), a big gap between planned and actual blend recipes resulting in non-optimal use of blend components (recipe giveaway), re-blends, missed shipments, and poor tankage utilization.
A survey of U.S. G.C. refineries’ gasoline blending performance based on actual numbers quantifies the potential losses that can be avoided. Let us help you reduce these economic performance “hits” by recovering 10 to 15 million dollars a year from improved gasoline blending operations.
| Area of Improvement | Comments |
| Reduction of Blend AKI and RVP Giveaway | Includes conflicts between Refinery LP and Blending |
| Reduction of TVL Giveaway | TVL competes against RVP |
| Reduce RVP Seasonal Rollover Giveaway | Multi-blend multi-time period schedule optimization |
| Short term logistics optimization | Best timing for producing a batch |
| Reducing tankage | 1 RBOB and 1 Cat Gas tanks |
| Improved segregation of blend components | |
| Reduced RIN exposure by increasing exports | 10% of gasoline exported to Mexico |
| Total “ABC” Refineryr [Refinery] Potential Benefits (M$/yr) | 5 to 15+ millions/yr depending on production capacity |
| Costs to Capture Benefits | 2 to 15 millions, depending on existing blending facilities |
We do gasoline blending economic performance analysis and recommend ongoing monitoring to capture these potential improvements and contribute another $5 to $15 million annually to the bottom line. More info here.
